The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-02-10
Daily Observations!

this morning. :. Salt Greek away out
banks, covering the valley almost co
cred. Mrs. Tip Gillespie has be-
quite sick for some time. -. The pre-
sure of waters was too much for the SCI
ers to-day, and the water is backed up
some parts of town badly. DIR. B.
Holcomb returned to-day from visit
Washington City and New York..
The tail end of the show business arrive
in town. 1t is a sleight-of-hand perform
ance, but the greatest trick is to tell no
to keep up on the kind of houses they g
in Jackson. -. Meetings at M. E. to-da
morning, afternoon and evening. I'll
afternoon meeting is for the children, an
these are highly interesting meeting
Though the ground is covered with ic
making travel excessively dangerous
there was large attendance at the morn
ing meeting. .JabeZ Thomas wa
around among friends taking up a cas-
contribution for Mr.. Evan G. Davis fo1
ty-foot) who is in poor health and circum
stances, and has sickness in his family
William Tilley has orders to repor
at Ironton for examination, on this da.
week. William wants pension. He il
certainly in poor health. $50. Received
word from Postmaster at Chicago thai
Isaac n. Hastings has moved away from
there The scenes of the past few
nights at the M. E. Church, reminded one
of the old ante-war times, when there
would be such shouting and hand-shak-
ing as made everything in that neighbor-
hood warm. There is certainly deep re-
ligious interest aroused in this communi-
ty..... The grounding probably started
to come out and investigate the weather
and fix up for the Spring campaign, this
morning, but found the hole filled with
water. He went back in disgust, and we
shall shortly have warm weather, in con-
sequence -. There were several persons
professed conversion at the M. E. meeting
tonight. :. There are some portions of
town that ought to be fixed by the author
tiles, in some way, the high waters over
flowing property, and doing much dam
age.
THURSDAY The waters have been
raging to-day. Two days of almost inces-
out of banks, the bottoms are overf1o WI,
and one vast sheet of water greets the eye
everywhere. The waters of Salt Creek
are higher than we ever saw them-and
we believe higher than they have ever
been. The water touched the c. W. u b.
bridge, and the lower two county bridges,
and but few inches further up would
have fioated the bridges. At Longs Shaft
the water made mighty attack, but Jake
kept it out by throwing up embankments
around the entrance. Along toward even
ing, however, the water began pouring
down the mine. ..At Tropic Furnace
stands house occupied by Jack Coyne
and family. The water caught them and
hemmed them in so that they had to take
shelter up stairs. In the pen were some
pigs These Johnny Coyne gathered up
in his arms and carried to the house, plac
ing them in room. In the stable was
a COW. but she was left standing in the
water, which reached a depth at that
point of perhaps two feet. At the house
into the basement, but did no damage
The railroad men were busy fight
ing drift-wood away from the bridges,
and it has certainly been the closest call
the bridges have had. -. The water is
all over the bottom where the race track
is located, and the road on that side of
town is submerged. The Mcdowell Val |
ley is overfiown, while down in the direc- |
lion of Buckeye Greek, there is perfect |
AXE of seething, tumbling water. Fences |
are scattered. and things torn up gener-
lilly. On the o. S. there is a washout be-
,ween here and Waverly. "A |
couple of men came near fighting about
'ome drifting lumber near drifting lum-
Der near Tropic Furnace to-day. ......
VIM. Dotson, the blind preacher who adj
lressed the Salvation Army here some
lime ago, has been holding a series of |
meetings. over in Hamilton Township. |
BE has been preaching steadily since
ome time in November. ..... Capt. Coop
IT is out with his Salvation Army to-
hight, parading the streets. They have a
Meeting at the new barracks, or rather
he new location, the Coll building on
over Main street. There was some
What sickly joke played upon the show
men who are running little one-horse
lift show of some kind, by the school
children. The showmen planted them
elves at the School House gate just be-
ore school was out, and got ready to dis
ribute their bills to the children as they |
passed. Out came the little fellows,
tramp, trampp' like lot of soldiers,
ling right past the astonished showmen
without so much as giving them a look.
n vain they handed out bills announcing
heir wonderful gift enterprises the lit
lie fellows took them not! At last the
elbows became disgusted and left. They
eemed to think that the teachers had
the pupils. Whether they did
IT did not, it was righteous thing. and
We hope Prof. Kinnison will not hereafter
permit the schools to be used for the an
of shows of any kind. 80.
John FL. Price has sold the little gray
lorse of the team driven by Dave Jones.
Fhe animal will be shipped to Cincinnati
....... Rev. G. E. Tedford
preached at M. E. Church, to a large con-
,regation tonight. The trains on the
}. S. will not run over the trestle at Prices
Switch. :. About eleven o'clock tonight +
ome little fellows were passing our resi-
lence, on their way home from the show.
)ne little fellow called to another, in a
oud voice: Say, what'd you draw?" In
! loud voice came the reply: 81 drawed
me O. them nice silver spoons-like Jared
Martin's!''
FRIDAY.-This has been the first day
or several days that anybody could get
% town. Consequently business has been
luite slack. "A good meeting at M. E.
church this morning. led by Judge Miller,
Who read selections from the Psalms, and
accompanied the reading by good, plain,
Christian talk. The Judge has been one
If the most faithful workers in the church